26, 1995. Table of Contents.

Three of our four lead articles in Transformation 26 are based on papers for the 1994 History Workshop. The theme of the workshop was democratisation.

Identity, Democracy And Political Rights: South Africa In A Comparative PerspectiveRan Greenstein, 1
RAN GREENSTEIN proposes a rigorous comparative analysis of the discourse of liberation, majority rule, non-racialism and democracy in South Africa with that prevailing amongst Palestinians/Israelis. He argues that such comparisons rely on assessing specific historic configurations rather than any universal logic.

In A State Of Emergency: Democracy, Power And Nationalist Discourse In LesothoDavid B Coplan, 47
Democratisation was the watchword amongst aid donors and pundits in Africa in the early 1990s and Lesotho was a prominent example of a country where military rule was replaced through free elections. What went wrong? DAVID B COPLAN insists that democratisation requires more than constitutional procedures with lessons for South Africa as well as Lesotho.

(Re)Presenting ‘The Family’- Familist Discourses, Welfare And The StateJackie Sunde and Vivienne Bozalek, 63
South Africa is awash with rhetoric about the restoration of family values and family structures. But ‘familisf discourses that ignore the problems of women and place the burden of social stability on their shoulders may compound the collapse of the family, according to JACKIE SUNDE and VIVIENNE BOZALEK.